Busch maintained his NSCS point
lead in today's race and currently leads Greg Biffle by 30 points,
unofficially. Other Camry drivers unofficially in the top-20 in the
NSCS standings include Stewart (seventh), Hamlin (15th) and Vickers
(17th).

What happened at the end of the race? "Another
really frustrating day for us -- I know I could have held those guys off
there at the end, but we were either out of fuel or it was a fuel pickup
problem like we had here last year. By all of calculations were good on
fuel to the end, including a green -white-checkered, but we just couldn't
seem to pick all of it up. It's been that kind of season for us -- we
can't get a break. It's really too bad because we had a great FedEx
Express Camry today. We led a bunch of laps, and then had to battle all
the way back to have a shot at the end. Once we got it, we just couldn't
finish it off."

What happened with the contact between you
and Kevin Harvick? "I thought I left him plenty of room, but I
don't know. I was far enough ahead of him that I didn't see
where he hit me or when he hit me. I'm sure some how it was my
fault. I'm just sorry I got in his way."

What
happened that took you out of contention to win today? "We had a
great car -- we had a car that could have won the race and we blew a seal
out of a power steering pump. We have to figure out what's going
on here. That's two in a row -- the 11 (Denny Hamlin) car had
problems last week and then we had problems this week."

Can you talk
about how challenging the race was on Kyle Busch with no power steering?
"Especially with the way the front end settings are on these things
anymore. He stepped up to the plate and I'm really, really proud of
the way he dug in and finished the race for us."

What did you battle throughout the race after being so
strong in practice? "We just tried to battle track position all day
long with the fact that we had to start so far back. We never really
could get a break to get it made up. That was kind of the way our day
went. We screwed up in the pits -- I was out of the box and little bit
and we got a penalty and that put us two laps down or I think things
could have been a lot different. All in all it was a good day -- we
learned a lot. It was my first race at Bristol in a Cup car because we
missed the other two -- it was a decent day in the points because it
could have been much worse. It was semi-productive and now we can go to
Martinsville."

What will it mean to head to Martinsville locked into
the field? "It will be nice to show up at a race track and know that
we are locked into the race -- I haven't known that feeling. The
deal is that we have to keep moving forward in our points to insulate
things. I'm proud of my guys and we left here without destroying a
race car so that's okay."

"Well, it wasn't
the finish I would have liked. I'm able to go out with the best
sponsor in the business in UPS and I would have liked to have had a
better day for them, but I really can't be too upset when you take
into consideration the kind of career I have been fortunate to
have."

What happened that caused the fire to come out from
under your car? "I didn't think it was a big deal at all. My
spotter told me that there was a wreck off turn two, and they were
checking up over there. I checked up, but I didn't want to slow down too
quick and got hit from behind, and I just bumped into the back of -- I
think it was the 78 (Joe Nemechek). I didn't really hit him that hard,
but it must have been hard enough to break an oil line or
something."

Was the contact you had hard or just a bump? "The
bump was barely a hit. It shocked me when I looked up and saw fire
behind the car, and I said, 'What the heck is going on here?'
I thought the Red Bull Toyota was fine, but apparently it broke an oil
fitting or something off and got on the header and it was just blowing
fire out from underneath the car. I was just going to drive it back to
the pits and have the guys put it out and fix whatever was wrong with it
and get back out there."